Thierry PRIOL Scientific Coordinator INRIA coregrid.eu Thierry.Priol@inria.fr

1. The CoreGRID Network of Excellence European Research Network on Foundations, Software Infrastructures and Applications for large scale distributed, GRID and Peer-to-Peer Technologies Philippe Rohou Administrative & Financial Coordinators ERCIM http://www.coregrid.eu Philippe.Rohou@ercim.org Thierry PRIOL Scientific Coordinator INRIA http://www.coregrid.eu Thierry.Priol@inria.fr

2. CoreGRID objectives • To build a European-wide research laboratory • To avoid fragmentation of Grid research activities in Europe • Create the European “Grid Lighthouse” and be seen as such worldwide • To achieve integration and sustainability • To build solid foundations for GRID and P2P technologies • Both on a methodological basis and a technological basis • Support medium and long term research activities • Achieve and promote scientific and technological excellence within & beyond the Grid research community • Gather and disseminate European research • A think-tank for spin-off projects • EC funded, bilateral projects, international cooperations, … European research network on foundations, software Infrastructures and applications for large-scale, distributed GRID and peer-to-peer technologies

3. CoreGRID Membership • 46 partners from 19 Countries (1 from S. America) • CoreGRID researchers • Aug 2005: 145 researchers • Today: 155 researchers • CoreGRID PhD students • Aug 2005: 169 PhD students • Today: 168 PhD students • Funding from the EC: 8.2 M€ for the first 4 years (ending August 2008) Full member Associated member IC RAL-CCLRC U. Belfast U. Manchester U. Newcastle U. Wesminster VTT KTH SICS Umea U. FhG FZJ USTUTT U. Muenster UNI DO U. Passau ZIB CATNETS Delft U. Vrije U. PSC CYFRONET CETIC UCL Masaryk U. INRIA CNRSERCIM U. Innsbruck EPFL UASF SZTAKI CLPP-BAS UPC CNR-ISTI CNR-IHPCN INFN U. Calabria U. Pisa U. Sannio U. Coimbra New U. Lisbon ICS-FORTH U. Chile U. Cyprus European research network on foundations, software Infrastructures and applications for large-scale, distributed GRID and peer-to-peer technologies

4. Organizational map Scientific Advisory Board Industrial Advisory Board Specific Task Forces - NPTF: New Participants Integration Monitoring Committee Members General Assembly Chair: R. Perrott (U. Belfast) Administrative & Financial Co-ordinator B. Le Dantec (ERCIM) Scientific Co-ordinator T. Priol (INRIA) Executive Committee Chair: D. Laforenza(CNR-ISTI) Head of the “Spreading Excellence” P. Guisset (CETIC) Head of the “Integrated Activities” S. Gorlatch (U. Muenster) Heads of CoreGRID Institutes Domenico Talia (U. Calabria) Ramin Yahyapour (U. Dortmund) Norbert Meyer (PSNC) Vivi Fragopoulou (Forth) Marco Danelutto (U. Pisa) Vladimir Getov (U. Wesminster) Head of the “Collaboration Gateway” European research network on foundations, software Infrastructures and applications for large-scale, distributed GRID and peer-to-peer technologies

5. A Network operated as a European-wide Research Laboratory Vivi Fragopoulou Marco Danelutto Domenico Talia Knowledge Data Management Programming Model Architectural Issues: Scalability, Dependability, Adaptability Research Groups Research Groups Research Groups Grid Information, Resource & Monitoring Services Resource Management & Scheduling Norbert Meyer Ramin Yahyapour Research Groups Research Groups Systems, Tools and Environments Vladimir Getov CoreGRID Institutes Research Groups European research network on foundations, software Infrastructures and applications for large-scale, distributed GRID and peer-to-peer technologies

6. Some of the many scientific achievements • Knowledge and data management • Data integration and query reformulation in Grids (XMAP on OGSA-DQP) • Programming Models • Definition of a Grid component model (GCM) and implementation through a spin-off FP6 project (GridCOMP) involving the industry • System Architecture • P2P techniques to make Grid middleware scalable and dependable • Grid Information, Resource and Workflow monitoring service • Innovative approach to multilevel Grid checkpointing architecture • Resource Management and Scheduling • A common scheduling architecture for future Grid systems • Grid Systems, Toold and Environments • Validation of a new software componentisation methodology using the Grid’5000 testbed European research network on foundations, software Infrastructures and applications for large-scale, distributed GRID and peer-to-peer technologies

7. Integrating research in the area of Programming Models: the CoreGRID effect… • How to facilitate the programming of Grids ? • Component/object • Before CoreGRID, several projects running independently: • Assist (U. Pisa / CNR) • Fractal (INRIA) • GridCCM (INRIA) • HOC-SA (U. Muenster) • Ibis (Vrije U. Amsterdam) • ICENI (IC) • MALLBA (UPC) • Mocca (Cyfronet) • Polytop (U. Passau) • POP-C++ (UASF) • ProActive (INRIA) • REFLEX (U. Chile) • QUB (Queen’s U. Belfast) • Leads to duplication of efforts, lack of critical mass and lack of visibility, … Queen’s Univ. Belfast IC U. Wesminster Vrije U. CYFRONET U. Passau U. Muenster INRIA UASF CNR-ISTI U. Pisa UPC U. Chile European research network on foundations, software Infrastructures and applications for large-scale, distributed GRID and peer-to-peer technologies

8. Towards a common Component Model for GridsThe CoreGRID Grid Component Model (GCM) Grid Application • Establish a set of requirements for a Grid component model based on the experience of CoreGRID partners • Define specifications of what should be a component model suitable for Grid infrastructures • Not reinventing the wheel… • Implementation of the Grid Component Model through a spin-off project Resources European research network on foundations, software Infrastructures and applications for large-scale, distributed GRID and peer-to-peer technologies

9. Main achievements after almost 4 years • Organization of 59 meetings and 17 workshops, contributing to solving research challenges as described in the CoreGRID research roadmaps. • Delivery of more than 447 joint technical papers accepted in peer-review conferences, workshops and journals, including ten highly reputed CoreGRID series volumes, thus advancing European excellence. • Publication of 137 CoreGRID technical reports, co-authored by at least two different CoreGRID partners showing the level of integration among the CoreGRID community. • The effective kick-off of several spin-off research projects, funded either by the European Commission within the 6th and the 7th Framework Programmes, or through national and/or regional European research network on foundations, software Infrastructures and applications for large-scale, distributed GRID and peer-to-peer technologies

10. Main achievements after almost 4 years • Expanding further the database of publications by CoreGRID researchers in the area of Grid and peer-to-peer computing with around 1050 references available today. • Increased visibility of the Grid research community through the support of highly-reputed international conferences, such as EuroPar 2005, 2006 and 2007, HPDC 2006, IEEE conference on Grid Computing in 2006 and 2007, CCGRID 2008 and events such as Grid@Work 2006 and 2007. CoreGRID also sponsored the Open Grid Forum. • Opening up academic research agendas in order to identify business-oriented research priorities, leading to the spin-off of new CoreGRID activities, for example in service-oriented architectures and systems. • Developing new ideas to anticipate technological trends and to promote commercially relevant and promising research. European research network on foundations, software Infrastructures and applications for large-scale, distributed GRID and peer-to-peer technologies

11. Main achievements after almost 4 years • Organisation of several scientific workshops jointly with highly reputed international conferences and the CoreGRID symposium jointly held with EuroPar 2007 and EuroPar 2008. • Organisation of four annual CoreGRID Summer Schools. • Implementing Mobility Programmes - a Fellowship Programme and a Researcher Exchange Programme - increasing integration between partners, and now involving industrial members of the IAB. • Organisation of three annual Integration Workshops. European research network on foundations, software Infrastructures and applications for large-scale, distributed GRID and peer-to-peer technologies

12. Integration assessment 2004 European research network on foundations, software Infrastructures and applications for large-scale, distributed GRID and peer-to-peer technologies

13. Integration assessment 2005 European research network on foundations, software Infrastructures and applications for large-scale, distributed GRID and peer-to-peer technologies

14. Integration assessment 2006 European research network on foundations, software Infrastructures and applications for large-scale, distributed GRID and peer-to-peer technologies

15. Integration assessment 2007 European research network on foundations, software Infrastructures and applications for large-scale, distributed GRID and peer-to-peer technologies

16. CoreGRID ERCIM Working Group • To gain international visibility and attract funding • Grids, P2P and Service computing (in the context of Future Internet) • Open to everyone • Not necessary to be a member of ERCIM • Main activities • Workshops • Project proposals • Mobility and fellows • ERCIM support financially the WG Chair up to €15,000 • Action proposal to be submitted to FP7 Working Group Leader Frédéric Desprez (INRIA) Scientific Advisory Board Thierry Priol (CoreGRID) Klaus Pohl (S-Cube) European research network on foundations, software Infrastructures and applications for large-scale, distributed GRID and peer-to-peer technologies

17. Final word • CoreGRID is involved in Service Wave 2008 European research network on foundations, software Infrastructures and applications for large-scale, distributed GRID and peer-to-peer technologies